Comparison

Noteflow vs Back To It.

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Noteflow

This app offers a digital notebook experience designed to replace pen and paper. It allows for note-taking, PDF annotation, sketching, and freeform idea capture with vector ink that scales without quality loss. Seamlessly integrate real-world content and organize your thoughts digitally.

Highlights
  • Digital notebook replacement for pen and paper
  • Annotate PDFs and sketch freely
  • Convert real-world images to vector ink
  • Fluid editing without traditional layers
  • Drag-and-drop integration with iOS
  • Cloud storage synchronization
Features
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Noteflow is designed to replace pen and paper. It is a modern digital notebook that lets you get the most from your iPad and iPhone. Use it for taking notes, annotating PDFs, sketching and doodling, plus a whole lot more: Copy and paste from the real world: Use Inkport gen 2 to snap a picture of a whiteboard or writing and convert it into Noteflow's native vector ink. No special paper needed. Then resize, re-color, or edit as if you wrote it in Noteflow. Create layered drawings without layers: Use the highlighter tool to color and shade behind existing ink. Use Color-Select to separate and edit individual colors. It's a much more fluid and natural editing experience than with layers. Use the straight-line tool with a grid for fast and intuitive wireframes and drafting. Drag-and-drop, cloud-storage, and more: Noteflow natively integrates with iOS's file system and drag-and-drop capabilities. Drop photos and text into Noteflow, and drag your drawings into other apps. Store your files locally or sync with the cloud service of your choice. Make Noteflow a seamless part of your workflow, the way you like. SPACE FOR YOUR IDEAS TO ROAM Our vision for Noteflow is simple: to be digital pen and paper. The magic of pen and paper is in their versatility. They are useful for so many things, but particularly for the freeform capture of ideas. Noteflow expands upon this quality. You can naturally do all the things you normally do with pen and paper: take notes in meetings or class, and jot down flashes of inspirations on the go. And you can take that to a whole new level: One of Noteflow’s best uses is for "thinking on digital paper": quickly capture key ideas and concepts, then move and organize them on the screen. Noteflow's vector ink engine lets you scale and edit your work without any loss of quality. Your words and drawings remain tack sharp when zoomed in, giving you a huge effective working canvas even on a single page. There are analogues in the physical world, such as sketchnotes or everyday working on a white board, but being able to fluidly edit and move your ideas around the page is something you can only do digitally. When you represent the ideas in your head with your own personal scribbles on the screen, it effectively becomes an extension of your mind - giving you more room to think. We've designed every part of Noteflow to let you intuitively capture and work on your ideas the way you like. Whether it's dropping in existing information, quickly sketching concepts, or assembling polished presentations for others. EVALUATE NOTEFLOW RISK FREE Rather than just read about Noteflow, go ahead and try it out: We've decided to make the Basic Edition completely FREE. The Basic Edition is a full featured note-taking and sketching app. It comes with the Fountain Pen with black ink, photos, and a standard set of 5 popular fonts for text. Books max out at 20 pages each, but you can create as many as you like. NOTEFLOW+ Upgrade instantly at any time to get: + Inkport + Import and annotate PDFs + A customizable, full color palette, + The Marker, Write-Behind Highlighter and Straight Line tools. + Rotate, Cut, Copy, Paste Ink, and Page Management, + Notebooks with unlimited pages, + Page backgrounds and sizes, + An additional 50+ fonts, + And more! Learn more in the in-app Quickstart Guide. DIGITAL TOOLS FOR A DIGITAL AGE I hope you'll find Noteflow a useful part of your workflow, and that you'll discover new ways to do things with it that weren't easy before. We're very proud of the work we've put into Noteflow, but we're also just seen the beginning of what's possible with powerful new digital platforms like the iPad. Our goal is to push these platforms to their limits to craft useful tools. Tools that can help us think a little more clearly, communicate a bit more effectively, and connect with other in new and enriching ways. Thanks for joining us on this journey! -- The App Makers @ Qrayon.

About

Back To It.

Features
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Back to It is a tiny app for when you suddenly think: “Wait… what was I doing?” It happens all the time. You walk into a room and forget why. You’re halfway through something and it just… disappears. You get interrupted, and everything resets. “I knew this a second ago.” Back to It gives you a simple place to hold onto that thought before it’s gone. How it works You get three slots. That’s it. Type just enough to remember: Dishes. Boil water then pasta. Email Sam. When you come back, you don’t have to think. You just continue. Why it exists I built this because I kept losing my place. Not in big, dramatic ways— in normal, everyday moments. Cooking dinner. Helping my kids. Working on something complex. Getting pulled in five directions at once. I tried reminders, timers, notes. They either got ignored, buried, or became another thing to manage. What I needed was something lighter. Something for right now. What it’s for * When a thought might disappear * When you get interrupted * When you’re juggling a few things at once * When your brain just… drops it What it’s not * Not a task manager * Not a planner * Not a productivity system No lists. No inbox. No history. Just three things you’re doing right now. A different way to remember Instead of holding everything in your head, you put it somewhere visible. Instead of tracking everything, you keep only what matters. Instead of trying to stay organized, you just don’t lose it. Back to It is for when thoughts evaporate. And you want them back.

Screenshots

Noteflow4 screens
Back To It.2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Noteflow at 12.4 against Back To It.'s 14.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Noteflow versus Back To It.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNoteflowBack To It.
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (182 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews46.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings182 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.4 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQrayon, LLCJames Michael Stone

In-app purchases

None

Noteflow

No in-app purchases

None

Back To It.

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Noteflow free?
Noteflow is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Back To It. free?
Back To It. is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Noteflow or Back To It. have ads?
Neither Noteflow nor Back To It. shows ads.

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